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ErrorJustin

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Succession Game - OpenGL Question
« on: September 28, 2009, 02:26:21 pm »
I run OSX so I'm using the OpenGL DF. If I want to start a succession game, everyone else will need to use the OpenGL release, correct?

Also, do they need to use the exact same release I'm using,  or can they use one of the earlier/later OpenGL revs?

Last Q - It's my first time with a succession game - what files do I need to pass along in order for the next person to get started? (Obviously the game save and world generation... but anything else? And Where are they?)

Thanks in advance!
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Derakon

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Re: Succession Game - OpenGL Question
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2009, 02:54:58 pm »
You in fact should be able to use any version of DF back to the start of the 3D days, I think; that's the last time savefile formats got changed if I'm not completely wrong. Anyway, any 40d version is certainly fine.

All you should need for the next player to be able to take over is the savefile and any mods that are installed.
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Re: Succession Game - OpenGL Question
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 03:14:00 pm »
Not only are all of the 3D versions backwards-compatible, but all of the 40d series are also forwards-compatible, so a save from any 40d version can be used with any other 40d version (including the first one without the rendering improvements).


And unless I'm mistaken, DF has always used OpenGL, or at least for a long time before the recent stuff.
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ErrorJustin

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Re: Succession Game - OpenGL Question
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2009, 03:23:11 pm »
Re: OpenGL - maybe I'm not saying the right thing?

All I know for certain is that GF never used to be OSX (or Linux) native, and now it is. I thought this was why.

Thank you for the replies, though :)
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Re: Succession Game - OpenGL Question
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2009, 03:47:28 pm »
What are you talking about?  ???
I've been running regular 40d in OS X for the whole year since it was released.
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Re: Succession Game - OpenGL Question
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2009, 04:24:15 pm »
All of 0.28.181.40dX (X = 0 through 16) are cross-compatible in terms of saves.

All versions of DF use OpenGL.
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ErrorJustin

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Re: Succession Game - OpenGL Question
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2009, 08:07:15 pm »
Quote from: Kanddak on September 28, 2009, 03:47:28 pm
What are you talking about?  ???
I've been running regular 40d in OS X for the whole year since it was released.

I'm not talking about just this year :)

I've been playing since 2D, when it used to be .exe only. I don't remember when a native mac version was first released.

I was mainly concerned with whether the succession game saves would be compatible across mac and PC, and it sounds like they are. So... yay.
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